Railway-crossing gate.



A. TEGELER.

RAILWAY CROSSING GATE,

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 24, 1913.

Patented Jan. 26, 1915.

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RAILWAY CROSSING GATE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24, 1913.

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UNFF TA ES PATENT OFFICE.

ALOIS TEGELER, OF NASHUA, IOWA.

RAIL'VVAY-CRO SSING GATE.

Application filed July 24, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, ALois Tnennun, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Nashua, in the county of Chickasaw and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Crossing Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in automatically-operated gates for railways.

The invention comprises various details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of an apparatus embodying the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the gate lowered into operative position. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail cross sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 1 through the rails of a railway and means for releasing the gate operating mechanism. Fig. l is a sectional view on line -l l of Fig. 1, parts being shown in an elevated position, and Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view on line 5-5 of Fig. 1 through the rails of a railway and showing in elevation the post upon which the gate is mounted.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A, A designate the rails of a railway between which are the pivotal levers 13, mounted upon the pins B, having their forward ends beveled as at B A pin C is fastened to the inner edge of each lever B and guided by a strap C fastened to the tie l). A coiled spring D is interposed between said strap and the lever B and is positioned about said pin and serves to normally hold a portion of the lever B in contact with the rail A. A depressible mem ber E is pivotally mounted upon a pin E secured to a rail A and its free end rests upon the upper face of the longitudinally movable bar F, which latter has its inner end angled as at F and engages the inner Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 26, 1915.

Serial No. 781,009.

edgeof the lever B. A flat spring H, shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, is fastened at H at one end to a tie and its free end bears ard Q. Said cable N is fastened to a second cable N which passes about a pulley N and is secured to the lower end of a tilting lever L pivotally mounted upon the pin L upon the post and which lever L has a shouldered portion L adapted to normally engage a notch L formed in the upper edge of the gate. A spring L is fastened at one end to the post or standard and its other end to the lower end of the lever L and serving to normally hold the lever L in a locked relation with the gate L as shown in Fig. 4c of the drawings. Said gate L is pivotally mounted upon a pin L upon the standard and has depending therefrom a series of ropes U. A. spring L is fastened at one end to the top of the standard and at its other end to a rod L which in turn is secured to the gate and serves as a means for partially supporting the gate when in the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

An electrical terminal P is fastened to the gate adjacent to its pivotal point and connected by means of a wire P with a battery P while a contact member R is fastened to the top of the standard and has a wire t secured thereby which in turn has connection with a light R having a grounding wire R fastened thereto, said terminal 1% being adapted to contact with the terminal P when the gate is closed, thus causing a light to be turned on at night to signal that the gate is closed.

Adjacent to the standard upon which the gate is pivotally mounted and intermediate the tracks is a depressible bar T, having inclined ends T and which have springs T underneath the same, said bar T being positioned over the inner end of the tilting bar W which is pivotally mounted upon the rod X, the outer end of said bar W being pivotally connected at Y to the lower end of the vertically movable bar Y, which latter is .pivot toward the opposite rail and, as the angled end of the bar- F is in the path of the swinging lever B, a longitudinal movement will be imparted to said bar and which, through its connections with the tilt ing bar L, will cause the same to disengage with the gate and allow the latter to swing down to the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. NVhen the wheel comes in contact with the depressible member T, the gate will be thrown back to an upright or open position by means of the pivotal bars W and Y and the latch bar L, which is springpressed, will engage and hold the gate in its upright or open position. As the car wheel proceeds farther and comes in contact with the other depressible springpressed member E, after passing by the gate, the member E will cause the adjacent bar F to be depressed, which will throw its angled end out of the path of the adjacent pivotal lever B and allow the latter to swing idly without releasing the gate. It will be understood that the two oppositely disposed levers B and the mechanism for throwing the gate are of identical construction so that, when an engine approaching the gate from either direction comes in contact with a lever B, it will cause the gate to be throwndown and, after passing the gate and coming in contact with the second lever, the latter will operate idly without allowing the gate, which has been previously returned to its normal position by the en'- gine, coming in contact with the plate T.

By the provision of a gate made in accordance with my invention, it will be noted that a simple and etlicient automatic mechanism is afforded whereby the gate may be automatically closed by a train approaching from one direction or. the other and a signal also given, consisting of a light which is turned on by the closing of the circuit as the gate closes, the circuit being broken when the gate is again opened.

What I claim to be new is 1. An automatic gate apparatus comprising, in combination with a standard, a gate pivotally mounted thereon, a pivotal member for holding the gate in an elevated position, reversely arranged pivotal levers mounted between the tracks of a railway, springs normally holding said-levers in contact with the inner faces of the rails of the railway upon one side of the track, longitudinally movable, downwardly yielding bars, each'having its inner end angled and in the path of one of said levers, connections between said bars and pivotal member, afi'ording means whereby, as one of the bars is moved longitudinally by the swinging of a lever actuated by the wheel of a passing train, the pivotal lever may be operated, allowing the gate to close, reversely positioned depressible members bearing one upon each of said bars, one of said depressible members being adapted to be actuated after a longitudinal movement has been imparted to the angle ended bar as the train approaches the gate, while the other depressible barv is designed to be depressed to release a similar angle ended bar out of the path of the other lever after the train has passed the gate, and means for returning the gate to its upright position, as set forth.

2. An automatic gate apparatus comprising, in combination with a standard, a gate pivotally mounted thereon, a pivotal member for holding the gate in an elevated position, reversely arranged pivotal levers mounted bet-ween'the tracks of a railway, springs normally holding said levers in contact with the inner faces of the rails of the railway upon one side of the track, longitudinally movable, downwardly yielding bars, each having its inner end angled and in the path of one of said levers, springs bearing each against the under face of one of said bars, connections between said bars and pivotal member, afiording means whereby, as one of the bars is moved longitudinally by the swinging of a lever actuated by the wheel of a passing train, the pivotallever may be operated, allowing the gate to close, reversely arranged depressible members pivoted to the rails of a railway and each having a free end resting upon one of said longitudinally movable bars and adapted to be actuated by the wheel of a passing train, one of said depressible members being adapted to be actuated after a, longitudinal movement has been imparted to the angle ended bar as the train approaches the gate, while the other depressible bar is designed to be depressed to release a similar angle ended barv out of the path of-the other lever after the train has passed the gate, and means for returning the gate to its upright position, as set forth 3. An automatic gate apparatus comprising, in combination with a standard, a gate pivotally mounted thereon, a pivotal member for holding the gate in an elevated position, reversely arranged pivotal levers mounted between the tracks of a railway, springs normally holding said levers in contact with the inner faces of the rails of the railway upon one side of the track, longitudinally movable, downwardly yielding bars,

each having its inner end angled and in the path of one of said levers, springs bearing each against the under face of one of said bars, connections between said bars and pivotal member, affording means whereby, as one of the bars is moved longitudinally by the swinging of a lever actuated by the wheel of a passing train, the pivotal lever may be operated, allowing the gate to close, reversely arranged depressible members pivoted to the rails of a railway and each having a free end resting upon one of said longitudinally movable bars and adapted to be actuated by the wheel of a passing train, one of said depressible members being adapted to be actuated after a longitudinal movement has been imparted to the angle Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the ended bar as the train approaches the gate, while the other depressible bar is designed to be depressed to release a similar angle ended bar out of the path of the other lever after the train has passed the gate, a bar bearing against the under edge of the gate, and depressible means actuated by the wheel of a passing train for actuating said gate engaging bar and serving to return the gate to an open position, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALOIS TEGELER.

Witnesses:

J. F. NAFUS, LEO TEGELER.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, C. 

